The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 1Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 1994 - 3360 Seiten A new critical edition, complete & unmodernized. Contains variants, & comments & notes by Gibbon, plus his famous Vindication. Also includes description of the development of the work within the framework of Gibbon's life & the culture of the era. |
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... respect for the learning and judg ment of that writer has , in general , induced him to retain the statement from which he has ventured to differ , with the grounds on which he has formed his own opinion . ' In the notes on Christianity ...
... respect for the learning and judg ment of that writer has , in general , induced him to retain the statement from which he has ventured to differ , with the grounds on which he has formed his own opinion . ' In the notes on Christianity ...
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... respect , they were educated with the most tender care with the chil- dren of Severus himself ; but they were soon involved in their father's ruin , and removed , first by exile and afterwards by death , from the eye of public ...
... respect , they were educated with the most tender care with the chil- dren of Severus himself ; but they were soon involved in their father's ruin , and removed , first by exile and afterwards by death , from the eye of public ...
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... respect and tenderness that was due from a generous enemy to their age , their sex , and their royal dig- nity . " for peace . While the East anxiously expected the decision of this great contest , the Emperor Diocletian , having ...
... respect and tenderness that was due from a generous enemy to their age , their sex , and their royal dig- nity . " for peace . While the East anxiously expected the decision of this great contest , the Emperor Diocletian , having ...
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MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE AND WRITINGS | 43 |
LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH OF GIBBON | 206 |
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